Man Bites Dog is something that I came up with back in high school while tinkering around with
HyperCard
. Basically the script takes two nouns from the left list and a verb from the right list to make a random subject-object-verb headline. Enough to give you a wacky idea for a story, comic, or whatnot. And since you can customize it with whatever nouns and verbs you want (as long as each is on an individual line, with a carriage return after it), the possible headlines are limitless.
Nouns
Boy Girl Man Woman Senile Old Coot Blue-collar Guy Social Reject Shy Person Government Alien Mutant President Corporation Warlock Witch Hi-tech Guerrilla Dead Person Person(s) From Past Person(s) From Future Mysterious Force Spirit Alien Worm Morphing Thing 1930's Detective Gangster Cowboy Native American Primitive Savage Death-Dealing Entity A Stranger Fugitive Secret Service Pianist Telekenetic Telepath Psychic Corpse Decomposing Monster Windbag Politician Psychotic Doctor Wealthy Tycoon Superhero Superheroine Robot Automaton Animated Snail Dog Cat Bird Metropolis Sentient Elephant Chicken Mambo Dancer
Verbs
Defends Kills Wounds Chases Discovers Discovers Identity of Attacks Abducts Manipulates Falls For Aids Helps Hunts Is Mistaken For Zaps Vaporizes Defeats Corners Captures Plays Deadly Game of Poker With Is Actually Erases Existence of Brings To Life Tangoes With Tries To Eat Bites Escapes Flattens Atomizes Has Lunch With Serenades Rents An Apartment From Blackmails Steals From Housesits For Babysits